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OL. LX, NO. 6 Newspaper $3.95 THE ENTERTAINMENT JR/KDE MAGAZINE of Celluloid Severed Music Driven Films Join the Fourth Quarter Parade Everyone Says I Love You VOL. LX, NO. 6 October 19, 1996 NUMBER ONES STAFF GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher KEITH ALBERT POP SINGLE Exec. V.PJOeneral Manager M.R. MARTINEZ I Love You Always... Managing Editor Donna Lewis EDITORIAL Cover Los Angeies (AHantic) Story JO(-M GOFF DAINA DARZIN Cavalcade of Celluloid PETER MIRO HECTOR RESENDE2, Latin Edtor Nashville URBAN SINGLE There’s already a lot of hub-bub about next summer’s anticipated BOOMbastic WENDY NEWCOMER box office wars, but the fourth quarter of ’96 offers a few gems, a few entertaining New Yo(1( Last Night J.S. GAER few with ties. Evita, pictures and motion pictures strong musical Of course, MARKETING/ADVERTISING AzYet starring Madonna in a film billed as a musical but playing more like an opera, Los Angeies FRANK HIGGINBOTHAM (LaFace) is already being shilled and strutted about in major advance press. But long before JOFMRHYS that film arrives with Santa at Christmas, there are other music-driven offerings, including Tom Hanks’ That Thing You Do, Woody Allen’s comedy/musical New York Everyone Says I Love You and The Preacher's Wife starring the platinum- BOB COLEMAN RAP SINGLE Nash^He thrroated Whitney Houston belting out gospel. There also are movies attached TED RANDALL Bow Down to some highly-anticipated soundtracks. Cash Box film pundit John Goff forecasts CHART RESEARCH Westside Connection Los Angeles the fourth quarter procession of moving pictures. 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Box 2089, LATIN ALBUMS Jazz Reviews 14 ClifTskie Park. NJ 07010 for $100 first class. Cqpyright 1 995 by George Albert. En Pieno Vuleo FilmA/ideo 16,17 All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. Marco Antonio Latin Album Reviews 18 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Cash Box, 6464 Sunset Blvd., #605, Country/Positive Country 20-25 (Fonovisa) HoUywood, CA 90028. Coin 27 CASH BOX OCTOBER 19, 1996 3 Lead Story ON There have been a series of new appoint- ments at (Jeffen Records. Topping the list is THE Bob Catania, who has been named to head MOVE New Foundations Built promotion for Geffen, DGC and associated For The House of Blues labels Ahno Sounds, DreamWorks and Outpost Recordings. Catairia got his start in 1977 with RCA Records in the Philadelplria area and was eventually upped to sr. vp of promotion before [ HKRE’S BEEN SOME REMODELING at House Of Blues Entertain- departing to serve as vp of promotion at Charisma Records in 1990 After Inc., which has a new distribution deal for its record label, hired a ment, leaving that label in 1992, Catania wound up at Elektra Records as vp new president and chief operating officer and will open the Chicago franchise of Top 40 promotion, then joined Geffen on the East Coast in 1993. venue of the club in late November. In early September. HOB chairman/CEO Isaac Tigrett and Platinum Entertainment, Inc.’s Steve Devick announced Debbie Samuelson has been named dir. of creative services and will a joint partnership for release of current and future HOB albums. Platinum oversee advertising and merchandising, album packaging, graphic arts, Entertainment is distributed tlirough PoIyGram, Inc. Tlie deal also calls for video production and visual design of Geffen's Internet site. She was a steady series of compilation packages, wlrich Devick says, “will really show head of video for Columbia Records from 1984 to 1989, when she started the relationship between the blues and other popular forms of music.” Tlie deal with Platinum Entertainment renews a previously established the video division of Epoch Films. Michael Alago has been tabbed as relationship as the company licensed Mnsic Company's Essential Blues HOB an A&R rep for the company. He began Ihs career as a club booker in and Essential Blues II, and ends the association between HOB's label and the New York City before becoming an A&R director for Elektra Records, BMG-distributed Private Music Records, which had di.stributed HOB's initial product earlier in the year. where he signed Metallica. He first joined Geffen in 1988. H Mike Devick said there was no acrimony in the exchange, noting, "1 think they Llreenehas been named divisional vp. West Coast, for Uni Distribution saw it strictly as a business deal, knowing we had distributed the blues Corp. Greene will be responsible for overseeing all sales compilations" and marketing Tigreti also sits on the board of publicly traded Platinum Entertainment. activity within the western sector. He comes to the new post from said that having experienced the success of the Esential Devick PoIyGram, Blockbuster Music where he was vp of purchasing since June, 1994. He ' Blues releases, 'understands w'hat we're trying to do and w’ill provide also has held posts at EMI Records Group North America, Chrysalis, complete support for our releases.” One of the first titles under the newly-struck deal is House Of Gods, a CEMA and Sony. I Windham Hill/High Street Records continues to 13-track CD melding traditional gospel w'ith R&B-infiuenced and more fonn its exeutive team. Faithe Raphael has been named vp of strategic contemporary forms of the masic. The album is due out Oct. 22. Cissy marketing, and will develop marketing campaigns to maximize .sales and Houston's Face To Face album, her first solo album in 15 years, will be released Nov. 3. meet retailers' consumer needs. Prior to the new job she spent six years Other compilation projects include Essential: Janis Joplin, featuring artists at Rhino, Inc., most recently as vp of product management and direct such as Taj Mahal and Koko Taylor singing the late singer's hits, a Blues response marketing. She also held a marketing post at Cambridge RoUino Stones album featuring blues artists perfonning the group's hits, and Essential: Southern Rock, an album that traces this music's roots through the One-Stop/Strawberries. Sue Collyns has been named vp of finance for blues and featuring acts such as Lynard Skynard, Marshall fucker and fhe the BMG-distributed label. She will oversee the label’s finance depart- Allman Brothers. A Soul & Gospel Christmas, featuring R&.B and blues ment, including business planning, inventory management, royalties and artist, is set for the Yule season. product acquisition reviews. Collyns most recently was finance About new signings, Devick said that the company w'ill “take a long good new at is signed, and will spend the time developing the artist look who for manager for BMG Video. I Brian Lambert has been promoted to dir longevity" Adding that HOB brings prodigioas resources to the table—in- of film & television for BM(i Songs, where he will have responsibilities cluding the live venues, a TV show, a radio program and an expaasive Internet projects, while continuing to oversee presence —new signings w'ill benefit from the total House Of Blues promo- for placing songs in film and TV tional propulsion. liceasing negotiations and related matters. He most recently was manager Fonner PoIyGram veteran Bill (filbert, currently exec, vp/gm at Platinum of fihn & television for the company, which he joined in 1995. 1 Arista Entertainment, will be general manager of House of Blues Music Company.